That's interesting news! The only Russian lens I currently own is a 3M-6A 500mm f/6.3 Maksutov mirror .... and what an incredible beauty it is! Perhaps the new production lenses will be sold via eBay? I had the feeling that there were smallish quantities of the mirrors and maybe a few other lenses still being made, but nice to see something concrete :smile:

Hey hey, To me, that's the best news in some time. I'll get at least 3 of them. Thanks for posting it.

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I noticed least for the last year or so, many of those types of lens (industar-61, Jupiters, etc, particularly the more common ones), you'll see auctions that sell 3 at a time, as opposed to a single one. I guess in a manner of speaking, the odds of getting a nearly perfect lens of those types are about 1 out of 3 lol. (but hey sometimes the soft ones are great too.)

I used to have a Fed rangefinder, and still have a Kiev 60 which is probably my most sentimental camera I own- the Factory Arsenal where they were made shut down in the Ukraine a couple of years ago sadly.

It's the adapter. Not all screw mount adapters have threads that line up like the original mount, but many do have little set screws that you can loosen, turn the mount, then re-tighten. So look for those tiny set screws first, as they may be the answer to your problem.

Thank you. Only if it's not too much trouble. I will compare to mine. As much as I would love to blame the lens, I also have a feeling it's a combination of me used to digital lens sharpness and not having enough practice with manual focus. Do you use S mode by the way?

Thank you. Only if it's not too much trouble. I will compare to mine. As much as I would love to blame the lens, I also have a feeling it's a combination of me used to digital lens sharpness and not having enough practice with manual focus. Do you use S mode by the way?

And no, I never use Shutter Priority when using an adapted lens. The camera doesn't know what the aperture is (it assumes f/1.0 on the E-P3), with the adapted lens I use either M (Manual) or A (aperture priority), and I go by the exposure rating at the current shutter and lens setting (i.e.: -3.0 +3.0, with 0.0 being exposed based on the cameras current metering method, I usually use center-weighted).

For the focus tests I just did, I set the camera on a tripod, open up at the widest, and shoot a frame for each full stop aperture (1.4 -> 2 -> 2.8 -> 4 -> 5.6 and so on), I adjust the shutter each shot for it to say 0.0 on the exposure so that each shot is relatively the same exposure just different aperture on the lens.

But yea, Shutter-priority doesn't make a whole heck of a lot of sense to me unless I absolutely must have a certain shutter speed for a shot (like rapid movements etc). Otherwise I'm in Aperture Priority (dof control) or Manual (which I'm in most of the time even with my autofocus 17/2.8 lens).

PS: I'm not sure if you're aware of this (not sure how new you are to it) but when using the manual focus lens, I use the zoom icon, and I focus on a particular part via Manual focus assist. normally with a digital lens with MF assist turned on it'll automatically zoom in when you move the focus ring yourself, but it can't detect this with an adapted lens so of course you gota double tap that zoom icon yourself (I usually set at around 5x - 7x on my E-P3)

Thank you. Only if it's not too much trouble. I will compare to mine. As much as I would love to blame the lens, I also have a feeling it's a combination of me used to digital lens sharpness and not having enough practice with manual focus. Do you use S mode by the way?

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PS: Someone just posted a picture of a van shot with the 61LD in the general adapted lens image thread, looked pretty sharp on the web view (where as his Pentax-M 50/1.4 looked much softer than the resolves I've gotten off mine).

And no, I never use Shutter Priority when using an adapted lens. The camera doesn't know what the aperture is (it assumes f/1.0 on the E-P3), with the adapted lens I use either M (Manual) or A (aperture priority), and I go by the exposure rating at the current shutter and lens setting (i.e.: -3.0 +3.0, with 0.0 being exposed based on the cameras current metering method, I usually use center-weighted).

For the focus tests I just did, I set the camera on a tripod, open up at the widest, and shoot a frame for each full stop aperture (1.4 -> 2 -> 2.8 -> 4 -> 5.6 and so on), I adjust the shutter each shot for it to say 0.0 on the exposure so that each shot is relatively the same exposure just different aperture on the lens.

But yea, Shutter-priority doesn't make a whole heck of a lot of sense to me unless I absolutely must have a certain shutter speed for a shot (like rapid movements etc). Otherwise I'm in Aperture Priority (dof control) or Manual (which I'm in most of the time even with my autofocus 17/2.8 lens).

PS: I'm not sure if you're aware of this (not sure how new you are to it) but when using the manual focus lens, I use the zoom icon, and I focus on a particular part via Manual focus assist. normally with a digital lens with MF assist turned on it'll automatically zoom in when you move the focus ring yourself, but it can't detect this with an adapted lens so of course you gota double tap that zoom icon yourself (I usually set at around 5x - 7x on my E-P3)

PS: Someone just posted a picture of a van shot with the 61LD in the general adapted lens image thread, looked pretty sharp on the web view (where as his Pentax-M 50/1.4 looked much softer than the resolves I've gotten off mine).

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I did not realize there was an image thread for this lens.
Lot's to learn:smile: